linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add debug defconfigs

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Date:   Fri, 6 Dec 2019 04:53:36 +0530
From:   Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
Cc:     Anup Patel <Anup.Patel@....com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Atish Patra <Atish.Patra@....com>,
        Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@....com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add debug defconfigs

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 4:44 AM Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019, Anup Patel wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 10:31 PM Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What leads you to conclude that this was done for SiFive internal use?
> >
> > Why else you need it ?
>
> Suppose you were to assume that I had reasons for doing it that aren't
> related to SiFive.  What might they be?

It does not matter what your reasons were. Having DEBUG options in
defconfigs is not the right way to do it.

I have posted v2 of this patch. Please have a look. It's much cleaner
now and does not have performance impact for people using defconfigs.

Regards,
Anup